HomeMy WebLinkAboutHuron Expositor, 2014-11-19, Page 9A story to tell
Local veteran shares
wartime memory
After convalescing at Lord Stafford
Estates in Chelsea, some of us were
moved to Greenock, Scotland, to an old
factory on the docks that was make into
a temporary hospital to wait for a hos-
pital ship home. We were 10 men to a
ward, which you entered through two
French glass doors with white curtains.
After a couple days, the boys were
getting a little frisky so one night when
the nurse came in with her wagon of
goodies and powdered juice, the boys
hid behind the doors. Her cart was a
huge cart with a shelf on the front. The
boys grabbed her, tied her with a couple
bed sheets and pushed her around to
all the beds so the boys could kiss her.
After a couple nights I think nurses
were coming in from other wards to get
caught on the kissing cart.
Then one night the matron caught us.
She was a good-looking scotch girl, stem
and strict. She had a tough job with us.
The next Saturday night she appeared
in the doorway, dressed in a robin egg
blue, off the shoulder evening dress,
which fit her everywhere.
She walked around to every bed and
gave us each a soft, loving kiss and
gracefully walked out. Not a word was
said. We just lay down in our beds with
our own thoughts.
The next morning, which was Sun-
day, the matron did not show up with
the doctor making her regular rounds
so we thought she had the weekend off.
After lunch, the padre came in and
announced that the matron was killed
in a car accident last night. There wasn't
a sound in the ward. One of the boys
stood up and said, "Men, I believe the
matron came in last night to say good-
bye to us all."
We all laid back and kept that
thought to ourselves and to this day, I
have kept that thought.
Warrant Officer
Frank Phillips
Royal Air Force Overseas
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